A handful of Akaroa businesses have been pumping sewage out of their shopfronts and back gardens, after a surge in stormwater caused a wastewater system to overflow. Banks Peninsula reopened on ...

The Akaroa highway between Birdlings Flat and Little River, SH75, will reopen at 1.30 pm today to all traffic, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA). The stretch of highway into Little River ...

NZTA is working closely with the Christchurch City Council and Civil Defence and Emergency Management on ensuring SH75 to Akaroa will soon be safe to reopen. About 5cm of snow landed near the ...

An elderly couple who ran an Akaroa bed & breakfast for 30 years are being remembered as “special humans” after dying days apart in hospital after a Canterbury car crash. Jack and Anne Clark ...

Polkinghorne documentary released, major rail disruptions in Auckland and Wellington and full driving license test in question. An elderly couple who ran an Akaroa bed and breakfast for 30 years ...

Akaroa, a hidden gem in New Zealand's Canterbury region, is a must visit. French explorers founded this oldest town in 1840. Streets with French names and architecture offer a unique experience.

A handful of Akaroa businesses have been pumping sewage out of their shopfronts and back gardens, after a surge in stormwater caused a wastewater system to overflow. Banks Peninsula reopened on ...

The main road to Akaroa on Banks Peninsula is still blocked, days after intense rainfall flooded State Highway 75. The highway from Christchurch has been closed from Motukarara to Little River since ...

The Fire and Emergency New Zealand staffer – who works in Christchurch but lives in Akaroa, where he’s also a volunteer firefighter – owns what he calls a small property, of about “6000 squares”, up ...